{"id":10810,"date":"2023-07-25T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilcoxon.com\/?page_id=10810"},"modified":"2025-04-13T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T19:01:26","slug":"defense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wilcoxon.com\/staging\/industries-and-applications\/defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1 defense-text\">Technologies for underwater and marine monitoring and seismic sensing<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies was founded in 1960 by scientists the David Taylor Naval Research Center (now the Naval Surface Warfare Center). Since then, our engineers have been responsible for many advances in piezoelectric accelerometers, including the development of the first underwater accelerometer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From concept to production, we excel in providing reliable, high performance sensing and monitoring systems for military applications. Our organization has decades of experience providing complex sensing products for specific applications and requirements, along with a successful record designing, building and delivering solutions for multiplex monitoring systems on important programs where Wilcoxon is a valuable partner and proven team member.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/wilcoxon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Advanced-Sensing-Technologies-MAST-brochure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced Sensing Technologies brochure<\/a>. For more information, please email <a href=\"mailto:info@wilcoxon.com\"><span class=\"s2\">info@wilcoxon.com<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Marine and seismic sensing solutions<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We provide advanced underwater products<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and seismic sensors for military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance applications. Other applications include sensor solutions for structural integrity monitoring, oil and gas exploration, and mammal detection.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Wilcoxon products are known for reliability, backed by our responsive customer support team.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Marine sensing applications include:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Towed and stationary arrays<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Sonobuoys<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Listening stations<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Shipboard machinery and hull monitoring <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Seismic and infrastructure monitoring applications include:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Perimeter and road surveillance<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Border intruder detection<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Underground intruder detection<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Deep sea acoustic surveillance<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Vibration monitoring of bridges, buildings and towers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies advanced sensing technology products include:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a class=\"grey\" href=\"#vect\">Vector sensors<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a class=\"grey\" href=\"#hydro\">Hydrophones<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a class=\"grey\" href=\"#seisme\">Seismic sensors<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a class=\"grey\" href=\"#under\"><span class=\"s2\">Underwater accelerometers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"vect\" class=\"p1 defense-text\">Vector sensors<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Vector sensors measure the acoustic pressure and particle acceleration in three orthogonal axes. Four sensing elements, located in a single housing with a common acoustic phase center, combine to produce a cardioid directivity pattern which provides approximately 4.8 dB improvement in the signal to noise ratio over a traditional omni-directional pressure sensor. In addition, engineering sensors are embedded within the housing and, when combined with acoustic sensors, can provide a bearing to the target.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Features<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">3 orthogonal axis accelerometers and 1 omni-directional hydrophone <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Preamplifier and differential output<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pitch and roll<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Heading<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Micro-controller with comm link<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Optional integral mounts for direct integration into platforms, with <a href=\"https:\/\/wilcoxon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/INTMOUNT-302-SE-spec-99487A.pdf\">side exit<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/wilcoxon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/INTMOUNT-302-BE-spec-99486A.pdf\">bottom exit<\/a> connector<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Typical applications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Harbor and inlet security<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Homeland security<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Military surveillance<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Towed arrays<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stationary arrays<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Underwater monitoring stations<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sonobuoys<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Underwater acoustic research<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Marine wildlife monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Oil and gas exploration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Vector sensor specification sheets<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technologies for underwater and marine monitoring and seismic sensing Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies was founded in 1960 by scientists the David Taylor Naval Research Center (now the Naval Surface Warfare Center). 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